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Empire Jan 2020
Apparently
Something within
Believes that I must pay
For my one **** good day
In blood
Empire Jun 2020
What the ****
What’s wrong with me
I’ve cried
I’ve screamed
Simmering.... boiling...
I can feel it
I’m about to explode
Empire Jun 2019
Today I awoke
And I could feel the tablet
I took last night
They promised I wouldn’t
But how could I not?
It’s stolen my most faithful companion
The buzzing anxiety in my gut
Replaced it with a cold calm
That I can’t tell if I like
Because I loved the fire
I used to hold inside
But it was burning me
It was out of control
So it had to be
Extinguished
Empire Jul 2019
F         a     d                  e                     m        e

           i   n                   a                   n     d           o    u                   t

o    f                       r      e           a   l  i                   t        y . .      .

I wanna l
                  e
                     t
                                            
                       g          
                       o  
                                
Of this world                          ...........                     of this life......

I WANNA FEEL

                  A           L                I             V                     E
                      A           L                I             V                     E
                A           L                I             V                     E
               A           L                I             V                     E
                         A           L                I             V                     E  .    .     .     ?
Empire Jan 2020
I really... It’s getting harder...
I don’t want my scars to fade
I want to see...
I want to see the blood on my wrist
The pain won’t be ignored
I can’t move on
Can’t go forward
There’s still illness in me
Even when I smile
Empire Jan 2020
Let me fade away
Let my bones turn to dust
Let my spirit flee this place
Let me be free
Just let me be okay
Empire Jun 2019
This isn’t what I wanted...
How did I get here???
I used to be vibrant...
I have faded
Empire Jan 2020
There’s not much left
My wounds are healing
Scars fading
And all I can think about
Is adding a few more
To my collection
Empire Jul 2019
ANGUISHED
******* broken
Y’all won’t see
Cause I’ll hide it well
But I did it again
It was good for a bit
Euphoric even
But now my head....
Ugh... that pounding...
I tried to escape....
I failed.
Now I’m back.
Something’s wrong....
WHY AM I WRONG??
Empire Jan 2020
tw: self harm


How do I go back?
How do I walk in there
As a failure.
What a heavy burden I’ve picked up
I probably don’t need to carry it
But I don’t know how to put it down

Although
There’s this urge
Something to be my painkiller
My distraction
My ****** punishment
It would keep me from thinking
Alleviate the guilt
Because I’ve let them down
Let everyone down
And I’ll tell myself I was sick
Do anything to absolve myself
Run from responsibility
But it’s my fault.
I just.... I just need to release it
I need to see it
Dripping... delicately...
Down my wrist....
And then... only then...
Will I be able to breathe
Empire Feb 2020
Haha
There’s no empathy in me
So sweet of you to notice
I don’t ******* care
My heart is a gaping hole
A void you can’t fill
And to feel something
I’ll hurt you
I’ll watch you bleed
To amuse myself
And cut my own skin
To feel something more
Because I’m not a good person
Don’t get me wrong here
I am not okay
And I’ll drag you to Hell
Right along with me
Empire May 2019
You got me high
Then let me fall
I hit the ground
And now
I don't know
If I want
To get back up
Out of my hell
Empire Sep 2019
C’mon
Why do I have to suffer
Why don’t I get a vice
Why don’t I get to stumble
Why won’t you let me fall
Why can’t I show weakness
Why can’t I indulge
Why can’t I break a rule or two
Why can’t I get into some trouble
Why can’t I be bad
Just let me do something bad
Let me break the rules
Just do something for fun
Something that feels good
Because right now everything hurts
And it would seem everyone else
They all get to be weak for a bit
Everyone else can stumble
Oh, but not me
No, not the perfect one
She wouldn’t do that
No, never
She doesn’t have desires
She doesn’t lust
She doesn’t crave escape
She doesn’t want to have fun
She doesn’t want to be happy
BECAUSE YOU
YOU TAUGHT ME
TO FOLLOW RULES
But now I’m suffocating
The weight on my back is heavy
I’m getting weak
But that can’t happen
No, she’s perfect
She doesn’t get weak
She always does right
She’s always virtuous
She never would do that

Haha
But you know what?
I’m ******* human, dear ones
I need people around me
I cannot survive alone
I’d like to have ***
Yeah, I’ve done it alone
I would love to get high
Yes, I would actually like a drink
In fact, I’d like to be very drunk
I connect with that dark music
The kind that screams about torment
I’ve sliced my own skin
I’ve thought about dying
Yeah... at my own hand

Right... but I can’t, can I?
Can’t indulge, can’t go dark
Because you’ve trained me
You’ve programmed me
There is always a fear response
You are responsible
You are why I’m like this
You are why I don’t have friends
You are why I’m not like them
You are why I can’t enjoy anything

I’m so ******* done with this
Being “strong”
Whatever the hell that means
I just wanna be normal
I’m done.
I’m so ******* done.

I’m not perfect
Stop making me out to be
You just make me want
To watch myself
Fall from grace
watch me fall
Empire Jun 2019
You say I’m sinful
But you love me
Even like this
So much you went through
The pain of humanity
Our wrath and evil
To save us monsters
But I can’t shake the thought
That I’m so horribly unworthy
I can’t even accept human love
How can I possibly consider
That you could care about me?
Show me what you see in me
For what reason could you possibly care?
Even while I sit here
Craving darkness
I know salvation comes through faith
Not by what I’ve done
But my faith is weaker than ever
So won’t you let me
Fall from grace?
You won’t let me fall... but I almost wish you would
Empire May 2020
For a moment
I’m free
The darkness, the cold
It releases its grip
I have energy, I can feel
And as I finally am ready
To do something good for myself
It pulls me in tight
And promises never to let go again
Today feels like a giving up sort of day
Empire Dec 2019
It’s returned
I’m getting obsessive
I can hear the voices...
They’re afraid
Urging caution where none is needed
Seeing death in every little thing
They can’t hear reason
The anxiety has been triggered
I could panic
I won’t... but I could

This is so familiar....
I know this delusion...
It was my companion for so long...
Until the pills broke our bond
But now....
It wasn’t supposed to come back
I thought I was free
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RID OF YOU!!!


But here I am
Bending to your will again
A slave to the compulsions
To the irrationality of my mind
I was afraid of this...
I am so **** afraid of this
Because I really don’t know
If I can fight this again
I’ve been visited tonight by a very specific kind of anxiety that nearly ruined me over a year ago...
At least this time I have medication...
Empire Jun 2019
When everything is numb
My heart starts to grow cold
I'll do anything
Absolutely anything
For just a moment
Of pure emotion
And if I can do it with words
About destruction
Fantasies about pain
Despair and insanity
But not hurt myself
I suppose that will do
It’s not perfect
But it could be so much worse
I’ve found words can help satisfy the destructive cravings... but they will never entirely subside
Empire Feb 2020
What do you do...
When your unconscious mind
Knows what you want....
And it’s so **** destructive
But it almost... almost is trying to coerce you
You’re fantasizing....
About your end....
Had I dream I tried to od.... not sure what to do about that...
Empire Sep 2019
I take the bottle and a sip
Then I drink deeply
All I can take in one go
I’d like the room to tilt and spin
Watch me lose my footing
Stumble
I don’t want to think
I don’t want to make sense
I don’t want to hurt
I don’t want to ache
I don’t want to suffer
Just... release me for a bit...
You can do that... can’t you?

Please.

I’m begging.

I’m in agony
Can’t you make an exception
I have to ease the pain
I must...
Please let me

Let me show you
Let me prove it
I’m unstable
I’m in pain
Watch me drown it
The best I can
Until I’m weak
Until I ******* stagger...
Mhm... what a thought
What loss of control...
How sweet a thought
To drink away the control
I’m tired
But I can’t let go
But that bottle... it would let me
Please...

Please, it hurts...

I don’t want to remember
How embarrassing... you just like the idea don’t you... so pathetic... craving things you’ve never known...
Empire Mar 2019
I always thought
I was too weak
So I found a poison
And started to drink

I started off slow
I wanted immunity
Maybe if I swallowed
I’d be granted impunity

To train myself
To survive this vile
I increased my intake
For an awfully long while

Through my lips
My bane quickly passed
Over and over
I felt strength at last

Until one day
I examined my life
Making myself sick
In my pastime was rife

I decided to stop
This must be my last
But here I lay dying
My chance had past

The poison had found its way
Through to my heart
But I thought I was careful
I thought I’d been smart
Destructive temptations are not worth your life.
Empire Aug 2019
Littered in scars
Marks of carelessness
Of stupidity
Of childhood
Of accidents
But you.....
My tiny pink line
Fading already...
You seem so eager to leave me...
Only about a centimeter long
Small and delicate
I put you there.
I remember well
kinda...
You mean something to me
I’m not quite sure what yet
But I think
That of them all
You are my favorite
I want to preserve you
I’m begging you not to disappear
You’re far too important
And if it comes to it,
I will ensure you remain.
Trying to process something.....
Empire Mar 2020
You wanted me to “feel better”
I do feel better
After popping a few pills
It’s not Xanax, but it’ll do
I feel it slowing me down...
My eyelids grow heavy......
Why am I always wondering
What’s my limit?
What happens if I take a few more....?
I know... I know I just want to abuse something
And if it’s myself, even better
I find hydroxyzine a surprisingly effective medication
Empire Jun 2019
I’m so **** scared
Of relapsing
So I play these games
Distract myself
Even as the feelings creep in
I tell myself a different story
Make up some excuse
Point them anywhere else
But now I’m so confused
I can’t remember what were lies
Except for the one truth:
I’m so **** scared
Of relapsing
Empire Jan 2020
tw self harm


It’s fine
I’m fine

Just have to hold out a little longer
Drugged myself, you see
Cause I wanted to draw in red
On my skin...
Make the blade dance across my wrist
But soon, so soon....
I’ll be... I’ll be getting.... getting drowsy....
.....
.              ....            ..      .        ­     ....
     ..
Empire Apr 2020
Stop asking what’s wrong
You can’t help
Nothing can be done
You’ll just get upset
I’m fine
I’m fine
I’m fine
I’m fine
I’m fine
I’m fine
I’m ******* FINE
Empire Mar 2019
Fine
Is
Alive
Breathing
Surviving
But it is
Not
Living
Feeling
Thriving
I’m fine.
Empire Oct 2019
Do it.

JUST ******* DO IT

you coward.

Finish me off.

Make me

a̸̡̖͍̬̘̯̍̀̔͋̐̑̌́ ̴̪̲̼͋̇̕m̶͙͐̀ṓ̴͓̮̇́̔͊ń̸̯̜̦̼̦̼̓ś̵͉̻̗̈́̅̐̒̆̓̕̕͝͝t̴͇͇̟̘̳̙̔͆͒͗̑e̵̢̧̼̲͎­̺̖̻̳͕̓̒͒̋r̷̜̟͎̤̤̲̣̋͗͑́͗̓͝
I always knew in the end that I’d become a crooked soul
-Dayseeker
Fix
Empire Mar 2019
Fix
I go about my day
Through the motions I make my way
Until I get a familiar feeling
That always sends me reeling
I need another fix of my drug
These words that I debug
Poetry can be addicting
But never, ever feels constricting
Within these words I soar
Leaving me begging for more
Don't leave me feeling low
Give me my vertigo
That only poems can offer
From you, my gorgeous author
To all my gorgeous authors
Fix
Empire Oct 2019
Fix
Trigger warning: Self harm, cutting


just one more line....
that's all you'll need
one line will be enough...
and then one more

one more


four more




six more



do it on your leg so they can be bigger

just.... cut.....
Over and over



OVER AND OVER

and the blood just sits there

and i stare back at it

all over my wrist

drawing on my thigh

it stings.....


but i can think
i can breathe
i felt it
my satisfaction
got my fix




but i know next time

i'll require a bit more
18.... 18 red lines...
Empire Mar 2020
I don’t have friends
I have people who’ve
Forgotten
Abandoned
Disappeared
But friends?
No.
Apparently I’m not worthy
I’m fundamentally flawed
Desperate to feel cared about
Yet repulsive to those who’d care
Empire Jun 2019
See, I don’t want to be loved, do I?
Because if I am loved
There are expectations on me
I have to at least try to be worthy of it
But the darkness is calling my name
And it calls so sweetly
It’s made me promises
Of which I’m sure it can’t fulfill
But it’s so exciting
New and thrilling
To try
However,
As long as I’m loved
I have to show restraint
So watch me push you all away
So you’ll just let me drown myself
In my own blissful irresponsibility
Surrender looks so easy and I’m so tired of fighting...
Empire Dec 2019
I can live in darkness
Let my neurochemistry be
Cold, sad, anxious
Craving death to escape
Anything at all to escape...

Or, I can take more pills
Feel nothing at all
Just be low
Want to sleep
Too numb to care
So distant they all notice

But why... why is it looking
Like there’s no medium for me
I don’t get to be happy
Happiness is a lie
It’s a fantasy
A fable
So we hold out hope
That life will get better
Even as we watch ourselves burning
Our fortresses crumbling
Gardens wilting
Bodies dying
...

Things only get worse
But that bizarre human hope
It pushes us onward
To believe in better days
Though it would seem
That kind of hope
Has fled from me
I don’t believe in better days anymore. I’m not sure I want to see any more days at all....
Empire Jul 2019
It doesn’t take long
It doesn’t take much
Simply an idle moment
A single flicker of thought
And it’s on my mind
Hatred
Loathing
Directed within
Then in the pain
The desires start...
For escape
For pleasure
For punishment
For intoxication
For blood
For sin
Maybe I need it
Maybe I deserve it
Maybe I want it
Maybe I crave it...
So I distract myself
Until it’s late enough to sleep
I can retreat to the dark
Behind my eyelids
Where I can’t feel pain
Empire May 2019
I'm so confused
I crave my own demise
But believe I have a purpose
I know I'm loved,
But I don't want it
I chase after highs
To capture escape
Then savor the crash
The pain, my justice
And honestly,
I'll do anything
If it makes my mind
Float away
From the tempest
Within my flesh
Empire Jan 2021
sensitive content



I'm gonna get myself into trouble one of these days
I thought I wanted drinks
Maybe I want pills
I've always been drawn to anything that'll make my head foggy
Pull thick clouds into my mind
Slow my racing heart
Numb my body

I don't always get that
I have my various ways
I could easily ruin my life with drugs
It's enticing
Something better than having to live
Not without its own pains
But at least sometimes they'd go away

And it's then that I find myself
Wrapped in a foggy bliss
Nearly unable to move
Can't think
Barely breathing
And that's how I like it
I almost thought I'd die
The thought didn't seem to bother me
Not with my system flooded
With whatever it is I've decided to take
No... there's a kind of peace in deciding
You have nothing left to lose
It's really amazing what's legal to put in your body
Empire May 2020
Do you think
Just for one single moment
I could forget I’m alone?
I’ll drink until I can’t think
I’ll cut open my wrists
I’ll do whatever it takes
Just... just help me forget...
Empire Jul 2020
I want to lie in the low lights
Listen to loud alternative music
Feel chemicals relaxing my body
And forget
I’m not okay (I promise)
Empire Oct 2019
I'm the one you'll leave
I'm the one you'll forget
I'll fade from your memory
You'll never text
You'll never call
You won't care what happens to me next
(As long as it isn't too tragic or exciting)
I'm the one.
You won't remember my name
You won't know my face
Because I never really mattered to you
To any of you!
So just... just forget me
I know  you will anyway
And your forgetfulness
Your apathy
Your disinterest
Is the reason my wrist is bleeding
Empire May 2019
I believe in God
But that doesn’t stop me
From sinking into dark depressions
Sometimes I go utterly numb
And tear at my skin
So I feel something
Sometimes I crave destruction
Sometimes I worship my own insanity
But I know He’s there
Waiting patiently
Being ever so gentle with my broken heart
Ready to pull me in tight
When I call for Him
And beg for the forgiveness
I’ll never be worth
Empire Jun 2019
Make my heart bleed
Please.
I can’t remember
What it felt like
To be alive
Empire Aug 2019
Could you...
Perhaps
Give me something?
You know...
For the pain?
I think...
I just
I wanna sleep
For a very long time...
Wake me when you decide to care
Empire Mar 2019
I fought my fear
And it taught me
How to be
Brave
The battle was long, but it has been won
Empire May 2019
Why do I cry?
What's ever been done to me
Worth a drop from my eye?
I want something tangible
The obvious mark
Of a broken soul
But, alas, mine isn't broken
Over time, it has grown cracks
Slivers and forks in a delicate glass
Now and again, it'*****
By something so powerful
The weakness is revealed
And everything comes rushing out
Through all the fractures
That I thought I could ignore
And it's overwhelming
I can't take it
Mind racing, body paralyzed
Tears streaming, heart pounding
Breath heaving, muscles tensing
And I don't know
Maybe I've had one too many
I've changed inside
Maybe I'm stronger, maybe I'm weak
But I'm certain
I don't envy the days
When everything revolved
Around the fractures
Empire Sep 2019
Can’t feel
Haha xD
There’s nothing there
No nagging pain
No sorrow
No buzzing anxiety

nothing.

I feel free

Burdens have disappeared
Evaporated
The tears ceased

They’ll be back
But I literally don’t care

Ah...
What bliss!
To not feel a single ******* thing
Forget pleasure
How unnecessary a thing

What bliss...
I just needed to let go
I don’t want it back
Don’t wanna go back
Can’t sleep
It’ll only end it
Break the spell
I don’t want to be in reality
I like this better
Pleasant apathy
In this time
I get to be free
I can breathe!
Empire Mar 2019
i wish
sometimes
that i could just stop
everything
just
freeze
for a little while
until i
can
collect
myself
Empire Mar 2020
tw self harm



I’d forgotten
What it felt like
How I reacted
What it looked like
As the droplets of blood gathered
In the lines I’d drawn in
The sound of flesh breaking
As I swiftly pull the blade through
I forgot how much it hurt when it was over
The relentless pain beneath the bandage

But I’d gotten curious
My heart was growing numb
And I wanted to see if it still worked
The rush of exhilaration
The shock of realizing what I’ve done
I found it again
A kind of relief
I probably shouldn’t have done that....
Empire May 2019
I miss you, my friend
I miss the days we were inseparable
You lift my spirits
You remind me to smile
Not to be so serious
Not to be so selfish
But our lives have grown apart
But I still love you, friend
We have the best of times
We are something special
I’ll see you soon
And again, I will smile
For my best and truest friend, who I will see again soon
Empire Sep 2019
I wanted to be sad
To mourn for her
The young lady there...
Suffering.
She’s felt a lot of pain
Felt deep sorrow
Shouldered awful burdens
Experienced mortal terror
Over and over again
She didn’t know
If she wanted to continue


But I swallowed their solution
It saved me
I can’t complain
But now sleep is creeping in quickly
Won’t be keeping conscious long enough
To sit and be kind
To my self from last year
Empire Nov 2020
I just want to feel loved
I just want to feel loved
I just want to feel loved
I just want to feel loved
I just want to feel loved
Please just let me feel loved

Hmm... these words bring tears to me
What pitiful thoughts to come from the depths of my heart

Worthless
         useless, fat idiot
ha... isn’t that cute how you mean nothing to anyone?
           you’re just so **** stupid
                             please just ******* die already
     90 days? You really haven’t deserved to bleed in 90 days??
                don’t fool yourself, no one will ever love you

All this ****
It’s all inside me
It hasn’t gone anywhere
Maybe the medication hides it
But only for a week or so
It will always return
It’s the only version of me I know
Empire Jul 2020
Happy birthday
To the boy who kissed me
Then said, “we should be just friends”
I’m still hurting
I’m not okay
Hope you have a nice day
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